PC Student Taken to Hospital After Being Hit With Beer Can at Basketball Game

PC Student Taken to Hospital After Being Hit With Beer Can at Basketball Game

A Providence College student was hospitalized after being struck with a beer can at the AMP on Wednesday night.

PC played Creighton at home in Providence. 

It marks the latest in beer-throwing incidents at PC games.

GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLAST

In February 2023, PC's win over Villanova was overshadowed by beer cans being thrown in the stands and onto the court.

 

About Incident

During the game on Wednesday, Providence Police at the AMP said they were approached by a woman who was crying and bleeding from the top of the head.

The victim, a 21-year-old female, said she had been struck in the head with a beer can.  The AMP sells 24-ounce cans of beer -- twice the size of a normal can of beer.

Police the victim was first treated for her injuries at the first aid station at the AMP before being transported by rescue to Rhode Island Hospital for further treatment for the laceration on her head. 

The incident reportedly took place in the student section (101) and police are reviewing security footage. 

During the game, TV announcers noted that AMP officials used the venue loudspeaker to tell people to stop throwing beer cans. 

"We are working with AMP security to try to determine exactly what happened," said Associate VP for Public Affairs, Government & Community Relations Steve Maurano on Thursday morning.